Automobile.



No. 700,784. Patented May 27, |902.

A. L. KULL.

AUTOMOBILE. (Applicatoi: led Mx. 22, 1901. Renewed Dec. 9, 1901A (No Model.)

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UNITED- STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT L. xULnoE CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

AUTOMOBILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,784, dated May 27, 1902.

Application iiled March 22,1901. Renewed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,250. (No model.)

To [LZZ whom, it may concern.- n

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. KULL, a citizen of the United States, residing-atCamden, in thecounty of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful arrange the parts of an automobile or similar motor-vehicle adapted to be driven byan 'engine of an explosive type that the engine may be directly andrigidlysupported upon the framework connecting the axles of the vehicle and the mixing and explosion chambers of the engine may extend into the body of the vehicle and be supplied from a tank or receptacle carried at or within the back of the seat and with a iiexible or yielding connection from the tank with the engine.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the upper portions of an automobile embodying main features of my invention; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a tank or receptacle removed from the vehicle, the rear wall of which tank or receptacle is broken away to expose a portion of the interior thereof.

Referring to Ithe drawings, A represents the seat-back or lazy-rest'of the vehicle, and b representsthe body of the vehicle supporting the seat and itsback. Preferably concealed within the back'A-is arranged the tank or receptacle c, containing oil or other fuel to be used in the engine. The front wall of this tank c is preferably covered by the cushion a2, constituting the seat-back, and the rear wall of the tank cis properly sheathed by the Woodwork of the seat-back A. The top wall a3 of the tank c is preferably exposed, and from this top wall projects a vent e of any suitable construction. Within Vthe body b extend the mixing and explosion chambers d of the engine d. The engined' is not connected to the body h, but is firmly supported upon the frame h, connecting the front and rear axles 7Ll` and h2 of the-Vehicle. This frame 7L preferably comprises a series of longitudinal truss-like braces, each having a top or horizontal member h3, bowed or bellied downwardly, as at htoreceive the bearings cl2 of theengine, and alowerarch-like member h5 spanning the ends of the horizontal member h3 and the base of the downwardlybent portion h4 of the member h3. The engine d is thus supported upon a very light yet very rigid framework. The body b is not supported upon the framework for the engine d', but is supported at either end upon springs b and b2, which in turn are supported directly by the axles h and h2 of the vehicle. The tank or receptacle o has an outlet-opening c', controlled by a valve fin a pipe f2, extending from the opening c and connected by a hose g or other flexible connection with the chamber d of the engine d. A handle f', controlling the Valve f, projects preferably through the cushioned back d2 of the seat, so as to be readily accessible to the hand of the operator.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In an automobile or similar motor-Vehicle, a frame, consisting of longitudinally-arranged truss-like braces, each brace, consisting of an upper horizontal member, bowed or bellied downward to receive the bearings of an explosive-engine, and a lower arch-like member spanning the ends of the upper horizontal member and supporting the bowed portion thereof, a front andfrear axle connected by said frame, a body supported directly upon the axles, an oil tank or receptacle supported on said body, an engine supported directly by the frame, and a flexible connection between the tank and the engine, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In an automobile or similar motor-vehicle, a frame, consisting of truss-like braces arranged to connect the axles of the vehicle,

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each brace being downwardly bowed, an engine having its bearings supported bythe bowed portion of the braces, a body supported directly upon the axles and disconnected from the frame, a tank or receptacle carried by the body, mixing and explosion chambers for the engine, projecting upward from'the engine into the body of the vehicle and a exibie connection extending from the mixing and explosion chambers to the tank or receptacle, substantially `as and for the purposesv described.

3. In an automobile or similar motor-vehicle, a frame provided with braces arranged to connect the axles of the Vehicle, an engine ALBERT L. KULL.v

. Witnesses y,

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THOMAS M. SMITH. 

